Phoenix Rising (Henry Danger)

Prologue

RATED M!

Word Count: 1016

TRIGGER WARNING MAJOR CHARACTER DEATHS!!!!

Henry walked into his house after an average day at school and almost threw up at the smell that hit his nose the second he opened the door. "Mom?!" He called out, concerned for his family. When no one responded Henry instantly switched to Kid Danger mode and began to treat the scene before him as a crime scene. "Think," he said to himself. "The lock on the door wasn't broken so whoever the intruder was probably tricked your mom and dad." Henry took a step forward and felt something break under his weight when he lifted his foot he saw it was the family picture his mother usually had hanging on the wall. Henry's chest tightened, the feeling like something was wrong kept crawling throughout his body.

"Kid Danger." Henry tensed and scanned his family room, but no one was there. Suddenly the television screen turned on to reveal Dr. Minyak. Henry's vision went red. "It really was a pity I had to shoot your family, your little sister was annoying. Don't bother using this to track me by the way, this is a recording Kid Idiot, by the time you're home from school I'll be halfway across the country." Dr. Minyak paused then his insane grin stretched from ear to ear. "I know what you're thinking, why did it have to be you? Well Henry, let me give you a little tip: the best way to get to a superhero is tearing apart his sidekick. While Captain Man's busy failing at tracking me down I'll be causing chaos in the place he'd least expect!" Henry heard an animalistic growl escape his throat, he threw a vase - the first thing his hand found - and threw it at the TV breaking the screen and stopping the video.

Henry's watch beeped three times, but he ignored it. Once he was certain Dr. Minyak didn't have any other videos or traps hidden around the house he walked into his kitchen, the place where the smell was the strongest. The second he turned the corner he collapsed to his knees and screamed until his throat was sore. "Piper?" Henry croaked out as he knelt next to his sister's dead body, "Piper, please!" He begged wishing what he was seeing wasn't actually happening. When she didn't answer him he stood up shakily then took the stairs to his bedroom. His watch beeped again, signaling Ray needed him at work. Sighing Henry answered it, "what?" Henry asked annoyed, his boss chuckled,

"Look, Kid, I've been triple beeping you for a good ten minutes, where the hell are you?" Henry sighed,

"I'm at my house." Ray frowned,

"Are you okay? You seem off." Henry almost told him the truth then he remembered Dr. Minyak's words. The quickest way to get to a superhero is through his sidekick... As much as Henry hated to admit it his family's killer was right. If Henry told Ray what happened he'd drop his superhero duties and help Henry get revenge but Henry didn't want Captain Man to get caught up in a revenge plot. "Kid?" Henry blinked then composed himself,

"I'm fine, sorry I had to help my family make dinner. What was the emergency?" Ray sighed like he knew Henry was lying but he answered Henry's question anyway.

"A new gang called the Maniacs were causing trouble in Club Soda." Henry paused before answering,

"I might be out of town for the next couple of months." Henry could see the switch from Ray to Captain Man,

"What's wrong?" Henry shrugged as he started to build his metaphorical mask,

"Nothing, I just have to visit, um, family across the country. My dad - I just can't get out of it." Ray sighed,

"Fine, I guess I'll have to find a Kid Danger fill-in until you get back." Henry scoffed,

"Kid Danger is a public figure Ray, Swellview's citizens are smart enough to tell when their favorite sidekick's hair changes color." Ray nodded,

"Do you know when you're going to be back?" Henry smiled sheepishly then said,

"Nope." To Henry's surprise, his boss didn't seem to worry too much.

"Let me know when you get back so we can catch you up on everything you're going to miss." Henry nodded then said,

"Look I, I have to go." Ray nodded then Henry said, "and Ray? Thanks for everything." Henry hung up the watch then took it off and placed it on his bedside table, a place he was sure Ray would find it. After he finished cleaning up his room he went back downstairs, bypassing his dead family Henry went straight to the basement. When he first became Kid Danger he knew there would be a day when he'd have to give up the mantel so he created his own costume and vigilante identity, Phoenix. "Okay, it's okay," Henry promised himself as he changed into his new anti-hero identity. "You'll be okay." Once he pulled on his mask he finally looked himself in the mirror for the first time since he got home. He was surprised to see the hardened look in his eyes, the icy glare made it seem as if he knew some deep dark secret no one else knew about him. "Phoenix," Henry said to himself. He was ready to take on his new vigilante persona, but there was one thing left he had to do to say goodbye to his past forever.

Kill Kid Danger.

A/N - Just to clarify, Henry's new costume looks like Nightwing's in the new 52. I've always felt like there's so much similarity between Batman and Henry Danger we can't exactly ignore it. Anyways, this is obviously a much darker version of Henry Danger compared to what I've written before so each chapter will come with a standard trigger warning. If something specific happens in a chapter I will try to point it out ahead of time but um... yeah. Rated M for a reason guys.

Hope you enjoy this, I'm actually going to finish this,

~Nerdsareawesome656